POETS Main Page INDEX of Poets INDEX of Titles & First Lines Back page

Margetson

 
George Reginald Margetson
(b.1877)

"Every Man has got a Hobby"
(1910)

Every man has got a hobby,
Every poet has some fault,
Every sweet contains its bitter,
Every fresh thing has its salt.

Every mountain has a valley,
Every valley has a hill,
Every ravine is a river,
Every river is a rill.

Every fool has got some wisdom,
Every wise man is a fool,
Every scholar is a block-head,
Every dunce has been to school.

Every bad man is a good man,
Every fat man is not stout,
Every good man is a bad man
But 'tis hard to find him out.

Every strong man is a weak man,
You may doubt it as you please,
Every well man is a sick man,
Every doctor has disease.

Check out collection of
Black American Poets

Buy George Reginald Margetson's poetry

POETS Main Page INDEX of Poets INDEX of Titles & First Lines Back page